Student Mobility Between ASEAN and Australia – Market Analysis

Is student mobility between ASEAN and Australia important for the ELICOS sector? In December 2015, Deloitte Access Economics and EduWorld released the report Growth and opportunity in Australian International Education, a report prepared for Austrade. This report underpinned 3the goals and aspirations of AIE2025. Student mobility from ASEAN was a significant component of the report’s forecast growth.

Now, in 2019, are we seeing the growth that the report predicted? By analysing the market’s performance over the past few years there may be more questions than answers:

· are we reaching our potential?

· have market forces acted against us?

· do growing levels of urbanisation fuel or reduce growth?

· how are these markets performing?

Using insights from the market performance of both student and non-student visa holders, I will offer up some answers to these questions.